A Utah man accused of carrying out a one-man crime rampage that left two Northern California sheriff's deputies dead was booked on charges of murder, attempted murder and carjacking early Saturday morning.

MTV continues to prove that it does, in fact, like scary TV shows and has announced that it has picked up its remake of "Scream" to series.
MTV made the announcement via a meta Tweet full of emojis that reference the Dimension Films horror franchise that...

The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, jolting Mauro Marquez and his wife from their sleep.
It was their daughter, Janelle, calling from jail in Sacramento. She had only a minute to explain that she and her husband were in serious trouble.
"Luis killed...

It's hard to decide what Dan Harmon has done more of in Hollywood — engineer comebacks or bite the hands that have given him those comebacks.
The "Community" creator — the entertainment industry's id and conscience, its grenade-thrower and...

San Diego Comic-Con celebrates its 45th year from Wednesday, July 23 through Sunday, July 27, and once again, dozens of networks and TV studios will descend on the city with hundreds of stars and producers to promote their new and returning shows -- but...

The great opera and theater director Peter Sellars draped a chain of Lithuanian amber around his neck for PreCognito, something he does, he said, only for very special occasions.
That special occasion, Thursday’s gala dinner, celebrated the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s 25th anniversary by honoring Sellars and pioneering art gallery owner Margo Leavin. Noted artists Bill Viola and John Baldessari delivered the introductions.
PreCognito also previewed 700+ artworks, coming up for sale...

Parents, teachers and the media have hammered home the message for decades: To succeed in life, you need an education.
And kids listened. College enrollment has never been higher, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
But as more young people move beyond high school, the unique challenges that often face first-generation college students are becoming more apparent. A 2010 NCES study found a wide gap in the graduation rates between four-year students whose parents earned degrees...

Bill Jauss was a pioneering sports journalist whose enthusiastic manner encompassed newspapers, radio and television long before that media trifecta became more common in recent decades.
Jauss died from natural causes Wednesday. He was 81.
Born Feb. 8, 1931, William Charles Jauss spent 50 years as a sportswriter and retired from the Tribune in 2005 after 37 years with Tribune Co.
A popular yet decidedly unpretentious professional, Jauss gained even greater renown as a member of the "Sportswriters on...

The Chicago Bears owe their name to the Chicago Cubs. The idea was that the brawny, upstart footballers were physically larger than Cubs — they were as big as Bears. Now the Chicago Bears are the biggest sports team in town. But it didn't begin that way.
1. The Bears were called the Decatur Staleys — sponsored by a downstate agri-businessman — when they helped organize pro football in 1920. The Staleys' first victory was against the Moline Tractors; their first loss was to a Chicago...